Apparatus for filling bottles.



c. VHnz'l.. APPARATUS FOB FILLING BQTTLES.

( Applcn'tiog Mud Feb. 28.1902.)

3 Sheatg-Sheat (No Model.)

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r NITED STATES y PATENT (Minoli.

CARL HITZL, or BROOKLYRNEW roert, AssIGNoR. 'ro siGMUND Hoor-isTADfrni-r,` or new YORK, N; Y.

APPARATUS FOR` FiLtlNc BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 712,454, dated Gctober 28, 1902. VApplication file-d February 28, 1902. Serial I To|` 96,034. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom it nca/y concern; 1 l

Be it known that I, CARL I-IITZL, a citizen of the United States, residing inthe borough of Brooklyn, in the city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Apparatus forFilling Bottles, of which the following is a specification. t i i My invention relates to ,an apparatus for filling bottles and .p more particularly bottles containingliquors supersaturated with sugar. As is Well known, it is desirable in filling bottles with liquids containing an excess of sugar so to manipulate the iiuids as to secure the deposit of a coating of sugar crystals upon the interior surface ot the bottles. y This adds to the appearance and increases the salability of the bottled goods.` t

The process by which I treat the liquors forms the subject-matter of a separate appli# cation for Letters Patent, the apparatusin which it is partially carried out being the subject-matter of this application; loutV it Will be understood that I shall necessarily have to describe much of the process in describing the apparatus.`

My apparatus consists, essentially, of oneorr more bottle-supports provided with means for rotating' them slowly and continuously and also with means for tilting them at an angle t and keeping them so tilted while being'rotated.v

In the drawings, Figure l is a" front elevation and partial section of the apparatus with i the end of the shaft l broken off and the driving mechanism applied to said shaft omitted to avoid confusion. Fig'. 2 is a transverse ver tical central section on the plane of the line 2 2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan View, on asmall scale, of one of the bottle-supports. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the man-` ner off connecting the'horizontal shaft with the shaft of the bottle-supports.` 1 Fig. 5 is a central Verticalsection of a filled bottle, and Figs. '6, 7, and 8 are detail views of the driving mechanism and adjustable bracket to which thesame is secured `viewed in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. l.

In the drawings, A is a shaft towhich are secured at intervals the bottle-supports B by means of flanges F and set-screws f or any shaft adjustably in tilted position.

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other suitable means. The bottle-supports are preferably made of Wood or metal, are circular in form, and are provided with a central aperture to receive the shaft A and numerous smaller apertures Z7 b b b, dac., to receive the bottles. The shaftA is provided at its lower extremity with a shoe A' and caster R, by means of which latter it easily oscillates up and down in a curved groove R in a 6o guide R2, supportedupon the iioor. Said guide consists of a base-block r and a grooved metal plate 1", grooved at R. A stop r2, mounted to be adj usted inthe groove R' into 'engagement with said caster, affords a snit- 65 able means for holding the same in place when the shaft is tilted, as shown in Fig. 2,

and for holding or assisting in holding said rIhe particular means of mounting said block r2 so 7o that it may be adjusted or particular means for adjusting theysame are not essential to my invention, andfor this reason are not The shaft A is also rotatably supported by a horizontal shaft C, on which The shaft C is mounted in bearings in the walls of the chamber in which theapparatus is placed or in some other framework provided for the 8o K is a stop to prevent the tiltingvof the shaft too far in one direction. Said stop may be merelya beam or bracket projectingfrom the wall, as indicated in Fig.l 2. y

. One or more hangers or brackets D are secured to the shaft C by set-screws or 'other- Wise. These brackets are curved, and at their other extremities support a shaft I, upon which is mounted a worm H, adapted to mesh with a circular gear-Wheel G, rigidly secured 9o to the shaft A by a key t' or other similar means, and which wheel whenturned causes the shaft to rotate.` The shaft I is in turn connected with the driving rnechanism,which may consist of any means whereby a continuous but slow rotation is imparted to the shaft A.

In the operation of the device the shaft A is tilted to various degrees.` No means for tilting said shaft are shown, as none are nec- Ico essary toan operative construction. In the construction shown the shaft A will be tilted by hand. The shaft I partakes of the tilting movement of the shaft A, during which movement both of the shafts A and I swing around shaft C as the axis thereof. The shaft I is rotated to rotate the shaft A, and the means for rotating said shaft I preferably employed and therefore shown in the accompanying drawings include a gear-wheel P, fixed on one end of said shaft I and intermeshed with a worm O, mounted on a shaft M below said end of the shaft I. It therefore becomes necessary to provide for an adjustment of the shaft M with its worm O, corresponding with the adjustment of the shaft I and gear-wheel P to the end that said gear-wheel P and worin O may intermesh in all the positions of afjustment of the shaft A and I. This is conveniently accomplished by raising or lowering the brackets N, which carry said shaft M, according as the shaft I is raised or lowered and in an are or arcs conceu tric to that traversed by said shaft I in its adjustment with the shaft A. To this end the brackets may be, as shown, provided with elongated curved slots N, through which extend suitable fasteniug-bolts N2, by means of which the brackets may be fixed in adjusted position. In Fig. 6 there is indicated what for purpose of illustration may be assumed to be' the maximum inclinat-ion of the shaft A. Obviously in such maximum inclination of said shaft the shaft I will be at itslowest position as well as its extreme position toward the left, and to accord with said position the fastening means N2 of the brackets will be in the upper closed ends of the curved slots N', as shown in said figure. Now referring to Fig. 8, which for purposer of illustration may be assumed to indicate the minimum inclination of the shaft, it will be seen that the shaft I has reached a position wherein it is higher and farther to the right than that shown in Fig. 6, and the brackets have been similarly adjusted upward and toward the right-hand side to accord with the changed position of said shaft I, being now iu position wherein the fastening-bolts N2 are approximately at the mouths of the respective slots. The shaft A is normally inclined in the operation of the device. The rotation of the shaft A and the bottle-supports attached to it, upon the shaft C, which is suspended at points distant from the point at which the shaft A is supported, produces a slight but continuous vibration in all of the parts, which I have found to be advantageous in carrying out my process.

The liquids which I propose to treatin this apparatus are composed practically' of water, to which hasbeen added sugar in excess 'to form a thick heavy syrup, alcohol, and some chosen iiavoring materialsuch as whisky, kum mel, peppermint, honey, rose, or any fruit iiavor. These materials are incorporated into one mass in an ordinary steamjacketed kettle, the sugar being added to the water and slowly stirred while being heated crystals deposited.

until a thick syrup is the result. 'Ihis takes place at a temperature which should not be less than 180 Fahrenheit, but that will be determined by prior experiment in each case. After the syrup has been formed the alcohol and flavoring material are added, the heat being shut off, but the kettle being covered to prevent excessive radiation. The warm liquid is then allowed to flow through a tube and by means of a suitable nozzle provided with a check-valve of a nature readily linderstood by those skilled in the art is introduced into the bottles which have been placed in the bottle-supports, each aperture in the bottle-supports being filled by an empty bottle. The operator introduces the nozzle into the neck of the bottle and allows the liquid to flow in until'it has obtained the desired height. He may do this with one hand and use the other to cork the bottle as soon as the filling operation is completed. After all of the bottles contained in the bottle-supports have thus been'filled and corked the machinery is started and the shaft A is caused to be slowly and continuously rotated. I have found by experience for Vmost of the liquors which I treat that a period of twenty minutes for one complete rotation of the shaft is sufficient for my purpose. The temperature of the room in which the crystallizing operation now takes place should be such that the bottles and the liquor contained therein are permittedqslowly to cool. As the cooling and continual rotation of the bottles` proceeds the crystals of sugar separate out and, acted upon, by gravity, fall to the lower portion of the liquor and successively deposit upon the inner surface of the bottle, forming, as this deposit proceeds, a coating of crystals upon such surface. Nine or ten rotations are usually sufficient to secure the vdesired thickness of deposit. It will readily be seen that the degree of obliquity ofthe shaft, and consequently degree of obliquity of the bottles, willcontrol the height within the bottles of thelayer of Other factors-such as the relative specitic gravities of the ingredients in the liquor, the change of temperature of the liquor while rotatingand the initial temperature of the crystal-containing massall together lserve to control the nature and extent of the deposit which the operator desires to secure. After the apparatus has been running the desi-red length of time the bottles are then removed from the bottle-supports and placed in an upright position and permitted to cool further, the process of crystallization continuing somewhat, this dependingvupon the degree of saturation of the liquor. I yhave found by experience that the vibration of the parts of the apparatus by reason of an intentionally-produced greater or less looseness of parts in their bearings tends somewhat to secure greater rapidity inthe process of crystallization.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is- IIO l; In anl apparatus for filling bottles with liquor containing an excess of sugar in solu` for tilting the shaft to any desired position and means for maintaining the shaft andbottlc-supports in such position during rotation.-

3. In an apparatus of the class described a shaft having-.means by vwhich it may be adf` justed`into different inclined positions and heldineach of its said different inclined po-4 sitions, a support for a multiplicity of bot-` tles carried by said shaft and partaking of themovements thereof, and means for rotating saidshaft in each of its inclined positions.

4. InV an apparatus of the class described,

a shaft mounted to be adjusted into inclined position, asupport carried thereby and constructed to hold a multiplicity of bottles, and

means for rotating said shaft in its various positions of adjustment, comprehending a shaft geared therewith and partaking of the tilting'movement-thereof, a gear carried by the latter shaft and means to drive the latter gear, said drivingmeans being adjustable to accordwith the adjustability of said latter shaft. 5. `In an apparatus of the class described,

the combination of a shaft` provided With a support for a multiplicity vof bottles, said shaft being pivoted between its ends, a roller at the, lower end of said shaft, an inclined track engaging said roller, adjustable means engaging saidroller to hold the shaft and bot#` ties-support-in inclined position and means for rotatingsaid shaft and bottles-support while in said inclined position.

G. In an apparatus of the class described,

\ the combination of` a rotary shaft provided with a support for a multiplicity ofbottles,

said shaft being pivotally mounted so as to'` be adjustable `into inclined position, means for holding it in its adjusted positions, andV adj ustable mechanism for rotating said shaft in its different positions of ad justment.`

7. In an apparatus ofthe class described,

the combination of ashaftprovidedwith` a support for a -multiplicity of bottles, said shaft being pivotally mountedso as to beadjustable into inclined positions, meansfor holding it in its inclined positions, and means for rotating said shaft in its various positions of adjustments, including a Vsecond shaft geared with the same and partaking of `the adjustments thereof, a gear onthe endof said second shaft, a gear intermeshed with the gear on said second shaft, a shaft'supporting the. latter gear, bearings for the last-mentioned shaft, adjustable to accord with the adjustments of said second shaft, and means for securing said bearings in their-adjustedl positions. f

8.' In an apparatus for filling bottles with liquor containing an excess `of sugar insolu` tion, in the presence of alcohol and liavoring materials, the combination with a rotative bottle-support, mounted to be tilted to any desired angle, of means for slowly and continuously rotating said support, comprehending driving-gears adjustable into positions to a`ccord 'with the adjustments of said support, means for retaining said support in its adjusted position While being rotated,and means for holding the driving mechanism in adjusted position.

9. In an apparatus for filling bottles'With liquor containing an excess of sugar in solution, in the presence of alcohol and iiavoring materials, Vthe 4combination with a rotative shaft mounted to be tilted to any desired angle, and a support. fixed thereon and constructed to carry a multiplicity of bottles containing said liquor, of means for slowly and continuously rotating said shaft, comprehending driving-gears adjustableinto positions to accord with the' adjustments of saidshaft, means for retaining said shaft in its adjusted position while being rotated, andmeans for holding the driving mechanism in adjusted position.

10. In an apparatusfor `filling bottleswith liquor containing an excessof sugar in solustructed tocarry a multiplicity of bottles containing said liquor, of means' for slowly `and `contin uousl y rotating said shaft, comprehend- `ing a second shaft geared therewith and partaking of the tilting movement thereof, a gear,

carried by said second shaft, an adjustably-f supported gear intermeshed `with the gear on said second shaft, means for holding said adjustably-supported gear in its adjusted position, and means for retaining the first-mening rotated.

11,. An apparatus of theclass described, in`

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r 15 y `tioned shaft in its adjusted position while be-" A cluding in its construction a shaft provided r with a support for'a multiplicity; of bottles, means by which said shaft may be adjusted and held in various inclined positions, and means for rotating said shaft in each of its various inclined positions, said construction also` including a loose mounting of parts in their bearings to cause a continuous vibration to be imparted to said shaft while it isv being rotated.

`12.` An apparatus ofthe class described, including in its construction a shaft adjustable into inclined positionand provided with asupport for a multiplicity of bottles, a second xo tioned shaft, said construction including a looseness of parts in bearings, for the purpose specified.

Witness my hand, this 24th day of February, 1902, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CARL HITZL.

Witnesses:

MABEL K. WHITMAN, ERNEST H. BOYCE. 

